Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पशुपुष्पोपहारैश्च बलिदानैः पृथग्विधैः । संतुष्टिं शीघ्रमायाति शेषोऽशेषाघनाशनः

Transliteration

paśupuṣpopahāraiśca balidānaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | saṃtuṣṭiṃ śīghramāyāti śeṣo'śeṣāghanāśanaḥ

Translation

பசு முதலிய உயிர்-உபஹாரங்கள், மலர்ப்பணிகள் மற்றும் பலவகை பலி-தானங்களால் எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அழிப்பவனான சேஷன் விரைவில் திருப்தியடைகிறான்।

Word by Word

• पशु-पुष्प-उपहारैः: by offerings of animals and flowers
• पशु-पुष्प-उपहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—पशूनां पुष्पाणां च उपहारैः (समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलिदानैः: by oblations/sacrificial gifts
• बलिदानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पृथक्-विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथक्-विधैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—(उपहारैः/बलिदानैः)

• संतुष्टिम्: satisfaction
• संतुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative)

• आयाति: attains/comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शेषः: Śeṣa
• शेषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अ-शेष-अघ-नाशनः: destroyer of all sin without remainder
• अ-शेष-अघ-नाशनः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + अघ (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—अशेषं अघं नाशयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय विशेषण)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śeṣa-mahātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (frame typical; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers garlands and ritual bali before a coiled, many-hooded Śeṣa icon/shrine near the sea-temple precinct; attendants hold trays of flowers and lamps; the deity radiates protective calm.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, appropriate offerings made in a tīrtha context are said to swiftly invoke divine satisfaction and the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Śeṣa-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implying this sacred region as the worship setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering flowers and various bali-presentations (and mentions of paśu-offerings) as part of Śeṣa worship.